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The "new" sound of this year's SXSW seems to land squarely in the 60's, somewhere between electric Dylan and The Kinks, with a bit of early Stones thrown in for

In between sets at the Forcefield/Asthmatic Kitty party at Okay Mountain Gallery, this guy Sandman – who calls himself a "rapper cowboy" – plays Sugar Hill Gang, with a twang.

Little Steven – of E Street and Sopranos fame – is probably The great evangelist of garage rock, having hosted a popular show on XM Radio for the past four

At the Village Voice day party at La Zona Rosa, I resort to having to stash my camera under a rock, due to the arbitrary rule that it has a

Any visible signs of a recession are seemingly absent from this year's SXSW Music Festival, where the familiar stew of college kids and industry hacks clogged both 6th Street and

For those who haven't been checking out the Concert Calendar, I'll be traveling back to Austin tomorrow for the 23rd annual SXSW Music Festival. After last year's overindulgence in all

St. Patrick's Day is this Tuesday, when everyone and their cousin will pretend to be Irish (read: drunk) for the day. But, the real celebration is tonight, with a pair

Q: Where, on a single bill, can you see two leading authors, the leading comic of the indie rock world, a prolific singer-songwriter about to release his 10th studio album,

  After midnight, a small crowd gathers in a temp space on N. 8th to hear some scruffy band from Arlington, VA, play mediocre garage rock. Mixed among the usual